In Chicago, the Drinks Are On the Cubs’ New Manager

On his first day as manager of the Chicago Cubs, Joe Maddon made the kind of strategic move that has earned him a reputation as one of baseball’s best tacticians. He bought everyone booze.

At the end of his introductory news conference Monday at the Cubby Bear, a sports bar across the street from Wrigley Field, Maddon closed by calling for the bartender and declaring, “First round is on me.”